Identification of a nuclear localization signal in mouse polycomb protein, M33

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 785-791

  Hirose, Sayako ^a   Komoike, Yuta ^a   Higashinakagawa, Toru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultured cells; Fluorescent imaging; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; M33; NLS; Nuclear localization signal; PcG; Polycomb group; Shuttling

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE ORDER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTANT PROTEINS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 33751210633     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.785     Document Type: Article

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